Esty question

[ponygirl74]

Does it cost anything to set up a shop and list items? I'd like to sell some of my items there but have to keep to a strict budget as I'm get surgery soon and still need to eat and pay my rent and other bills' Is it anything like the cost of EBay with high listing fees? I buy from there but haven't set up a shop - I know Art fire has it were you pay from month to month (I think or it could me every 1/2 to full year) Is it more like them or more like EBay?  ( I crochet)

[moving to TS - kkat]

[MikeysGrrrl]

It doesn't cost to set up the shop, it is .20 per listing, but it lasts for 4 months or until the item sells. Their seller fees (final value fee) are also less than ebay.

You receive an invoice and it's due usually within 2 weeks of it being issued. You can accept paypal, credit cards and etsy cards as payment.

Etsy is great for selling handmade items.

[ponygirl74]

It doesn't cost to set up the shop, it is .20 per listing, but it lasts for 4 months or until the item sells. Their seller fees (final value fee) are also less than ebay.

You receive an invoice and it's due usually within 2 weeks of it being issued. You can accept paypal, credit cards and etsy cards as payment.

Etsy is great for selling handmade items.

thanks for the info - now a papal question - I have a buyers account with them to set it up with esty do I have to get a sellers account ? 

[tulagirl]

It doesn't cost to set up the shop, it is .20 per listing, but it lasts for 4 months or until the item sells. Their seller fees (final value fee) are also less than ebay.

You receive an invoice and it's due usually within 2 weeks of it being issued. You can accept paypal, credit cards and etsy cards as payment.

Etsy is great for selling handmade items.

thanks for the info - now a papal question - I have a buyers account with them to set it up with esty do I have to get a sellers account ? 

Yes you do need a sellers account because you have to be able to accept credit card payments.  You should be able to upgrade your existing account I would think.  That is what I did years ago when I went from a buyer to a seller.  I don't know for sure how its done now.